Celtic Manor Resort (Roman Road course): The Roman Road course at Celtic Manor is an excellent and challenging resort style layout, and one that is well acquainted with hosting top-level tournaments. This became the venue for the European Tour's Wales Open, when the flagship Wentwood Hills course was being transformed into the acclaimed Twenty Ten Ryder Cup layout. For professionals and amateurs alike, significant elevation changes and undulations are the most critical "course management" factor in the Roman Road's challenging make-up.

Although most parts of the layout are relatively open (with one or two more heavily tree-lined exceptions), your drives will need to be accurate to hit the often tightish fairways. The double doglegging par-5 3rd presents one of the tighter and more tree-lined drives you'll face. In addition to plenty of elevation change, the layout's defences also comprise a wealth of fairway and greenside bunkering, as well as lush grassy rough from which balls may not reappear. The defences are further reinforced by good-size, but not overly large greens that require accurate approach work to put you safely on the "dance-floor."

Stunning views are provided from many of Roman Road's holes. On the closing stretch you look across the Usk valley to the town of Caerleon, which was formerly a fortressed Roman settlement known as Isca. The city of Newport, the Bristol Channel and Severn Bridge are also in view at different times, and the early holes on the back-nine bring you alongside Celtic Manor's impressively imposing resort hotel.

Stay & Play at Celtic Manor: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.